The tsarate of Muscovy was happy
And all the holy Russian land.
Happy was the sovereign, the orthodox Tsar,
The Grand Duke Mikhail Fedorovich,
For he was told that his father had arrived,
His father Filaret Nikitich,
From the land of the infidel, from Lithuania.
He had brought back with him many princes and boyars,
He had also brought the boyar of the Tsar,
Prince Mikhail Borisovich Sheyn.
There had come together many princes, boyars, and dignitaries,
In the mighty tsarate of Muscovy:
They wished to meet Filaret Nikitich
Outside the famous stone-built Moscow.
'T is not the red sun in its course, —
'T is the orthodox Tsar that has gone out,
To meet his father dear,
Lord Filaret Nikitich.
With the Tsar went his uncle,
Ivan Nikitich the boyar. —
" The Lord grant my father be well,
My father, lord Filaret Nikitich. "
They went not into the palace of the Tsar,
They went into the cathedral of the Most Holy Virgin,
To sing an honourable mass.
And he blessed his beloved child:
" God grant the orthodox Tsar be well,
Grand Duke Mikhail Fedorovich!
And for him to rule the tsarate of Muscovy
And the holy Russian land.